Variety Jaku (Atlantic-Congo)

Form Concept Segments

Consonants

Pulmonic Consonants
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Laryngeal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Palato-
alveolar		 Retroflex Alveolo-
palatal		 Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal
/ Epiglottal		 Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Stop p b t d k g ʔ
Sibilant affricate dz dʒ
Non-sibilant affricate
Sibilant fricative s z ʃ ʒ
Non-sibilant fricative f v x ɣ
Approximant l j
Flap or tap
Trill r r̃
Lateral affricate
Lateral fricative
Lateral approximant
Lateral flap
Implosive

Vowels

Front Near-front Central Near-back Back Close Near-close Close-mid Mid Open-mid Near-open Open iunrounded close front vowel ɨunrounded close central vowel urounded close back vowel ɪunrounded near-close near-front vowel eunrounded close-mid front vowel orounded close-mid back vowel õnasalized rounded close-mid back vowel əunrounded mid central vowel ə̃nasalized unrounded mid central vowel ɛunrounded open-mid front vowel ɔrounded open-mid back vowel æunrounded near-open front vowel aunrounded open front vowel ãnasalized unrounded open front vowel
Vowels

Other segments

  
Other segments
 ɓ voiced bilabial implosive consonant
 ɗ voiced dental implosive consonant
 w voiced labio-velar approximant consonant